Enjoyed discussing the Hereford Mappa Mundi today. Here's a version converted into modern political borders, to give you a sense of how the world looked from Hereford c. 1300 (source: www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...)
Have avoided posting on here recently as these final few months before we launch 'Mapping Saints' have been far too busy. Priorities?! 😅 Soon there will be updates!
#MondayNetwork#skystorians with intersecting interests: surviving climate change, environmental determinism, race science, exploration, acclimatisation & physiology, citizen science, Indigenous knowledge, & related topics to say hi or share link to your work! 🗃️
A unique part of my job is the responsibility to "translate" physical exhibitions into digital. Using exhibit scripts as jumping off points, I write and research to expand content in ways that are not possible in person. We've just launched www.searchablemuseum.com/reckoning, the trickiest one yet
Thanks to my friend Anna for flagging this for me, an excellent example of how AI has made search engine results absolute garbage. For the record, I am a professor of the history of art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I did author this article, though, which makes this extra delicious.
For those of you interested, the Norse Hagiography Network has put out a call for papers for Leeds IMC 2025. #medievalsky
My department is hiring! Associate senior lecturer in digital humanities. Candidates welcome with a specialization in digital cultural heritage, digital history, digital literary studies, digital religion, digital philosophy, or digital art history. lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Here you will find all available positions at Linnaeus University. To easily find jobs that suit you, you can choose where in the organisation you want to work, under Organisational affiliation. Then ...
A reminder for those who still haven’t understood: ChatGPT and other LLMs are designed to write language that matches patterns found in existing texts so the generated text sounds plausible. It absolutely does not query for “facts” in the way that we have come to think of “googling” information.
I write with @juliaangwin.com about our study that showed 50% of AI models’ responses to questions voters might ask were inaccurate. Government must hold companies accountable, including through the privacy law called for by POTUS in his powerful #SOTU speech. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
In our study, we found many AI chatbots and apps such as ChatGPT and Gemini provide misinformation on when and where to vote. Tech companies should improve their platforms.
So many goals have been met this year I'm a bit in shock. July 1st was of course Canada Day! But also my 1st day with tenure: started a Lectureship in Early History at Linnaeus University. This spring I was also awarded a Docentship (Swedish academic rank) in History by Lund University.
Just survived my first @IMC_Leeds in person since before the pandemic! Definitely better in person. Great sessions and love randomly running into people! But missed meeting with loads of others. Maybe next time I'll be more organized!